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Gamla Guesthouse has two separate houses, one offering typical guesthouse accommodation in 8 rooms, and one offering sleeping bag accommodation for those on a budget. Both have breakfast and cooking facilities.

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... and online blogs. Dynjandi was about 1.5 hours from the camppsite, give or take, but I was driving pretty slow. Arriving at Dynjandi was absolutely ASTOUNDING!! Until then, we were freaking out about every little no-name waterfall on the side of the road - well, the ones highlighted for tourists are MASSIVE. I mean massive and I can't even capture or describe the power, the beauty, the absolutely stunning and awe-inspiring falls at ...

... After we checked into our room we went and checked out the shops it took us 50 minutes to see and touch everything. So we were left with a lot of time on our hands today. The weather was ****** and I've caught a cold so neither one of us felt like hiking to any of the other "hot spots" around town so we took the afternoon off and had a burping contest. Yes you read that correctly, a ...

... reached Dynjandi (known as the Thunderer in translation). This is one awesome waterfall or rather waterfalls. Where Yosemite Falls has Upper, Middle and Lower, this one has many more levels each with their own distinct names. From the parking lot up to the bottom of the top fall is about 500' of hiking up. It shares another trait with Yosemite's Mist Trail -- lots of spray in the air. A number of my pictures turned ...

... came to dine together. It was really nice and I got to meet more of their family and talk to them. All the types of fish were delicious too, and they made me try every kind. I was so full! Maria, Björg's granddaughter messaged me on facebook and invited me to hang out with her and some of her friends in Ísafjörður. I went there and I had so much fun hanging out with people my age. At first people were shy to talk to me, but after they drank a few beers they ...

On Saturday I slept in until noon. It was great. Björg and I went to a memorial for the ships that hit underwater bombs just outside of the town during the second world war. It was a beautiful ceremony and there was a huge coast guard ship that shot of cannons. The weather was fierce and I experience horizontal rain. We were right on a cliff over the ocean too which was exciting. The wind was so strong that ...